Hello everybody!,
My name is Ferdi and usually if i need help i can find it somewhere on this forum but for this problem I searched the whole internet but couldn't find a thing about it
The problem:
Last week I turned off my S3. it went out for 1 second, suddenly after that the screen turns on again telling me: Downloading, do not turn of target.
So i didn't turn it off because i thought it was actually downloading. it wasn't downloading but it did manage to get my battery empty real quick.
When my battery was empty i tried to charge it at home but it didn't respond to anything (different chargers, connecting it to PC etc.)
I got a new battery thinking my Li-Ion battery had its best time, this new battery did wel and i was able to charge it when it was on.
after i put it off once more it showed the same "Downloading" message again and i pulled out the battery so it wouldn't get empty again.
Tried to reboot a minute later, S3 booted like it was supposed too.
Summary:
The thing is that I can only charge it when it's on.
Does anybody know what I can do to fix it because i turned it off again leaving the battery in it and the battery is now empty and the telephone does not respond to anything anymore.
Thank you very much in advance!
Kind regards,
Ferdi
For very strange reason your s3 is entering the download mode ! Try flashing stock firmware
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chris_marsh said:
For very strange reason your s3 is entering the download mode ! Try flashing stock firmware
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Thanks for your quick respond,
do you think it is a pure software problem?
the main issue for me is that i can't boot it into download mode even now because it won't charge when it's off and the battery is down.
Charge your battery in an external charger or someone else's S3.
Download a full stock rom from sammobile and flash using odin, follow instructions from 'how to return to stock guide'.
Once stock then test charging function, if still the same then hardware fault - you'll need a service centre.
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When i plug my charger into my phone it just turns on then goes to the empty battery icon and then shuts off.. then it starts again and it does this loop until i unplug the charger!
Anybody that has a clue why it does that?
Thanks!
Is your phone completely drained? Might be that the charger isn't feeding the phone enough power. Just a shot in the dark, you could try taking the battery out for 5 minutes or something.
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Tried pretty much everything.. The empty battery icon juist loops, first it turns on then turns off and it keeps on going like that for ever. I have flashed both kernel and firmware. The flashings were unsuccsesfull..
What does the charger need in the system files to actually give the phone power? I mean i have charged if for serveral hours without any luck..
If i go into download mode it just tells me that i got to low battery and that i cant download..
Plz help someone!
Charge battery outside of phone then flash a stock rom via Odin and download mode .
That not possible you need a service centre .
jje
Any tips on how to charge it outside the phone? I don't have any external charger..
And what isn't possible? Are u refering to what i said about low battery text in Download mode? Cuz that is what it says everytime
Hey everybody. I think this thread is somewhere but I looked and couldnt find any solution for this issue. I have a SGH-i777, rooted and unlocked and all that fun stuff. It was working fine until the other day when I believe the battery was drained all the way (wife's phone, doesn't take care of it). I tried charging it but only thing that would pop up was the battery sign for like 3 seconds and then it would go blank, wouldn't charge. I tried going into download mode and it did so I thought it was just the battery. I bought a battery wall charger and charged it. I then tried to boot the phone but same thing would happen. I tried going into download mode and all it shows is Low battery!! Can't download!! in red. When I plug the phone in to PC or wall, the battery sign pops up and shuts down. Any suggestions of what it could be? Bricked? Motherboard? Battery?
replace the battery..?
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Hey everybody. I think this thread is somewhere but I looked and couldnt find any solution for this issue. I have a SGH-i777, rooted and unlocked and all that fun stuff. It was working fine until the other day when I believe the battery was drained all the way (wife's phone, doesn't take care of it). I tried charging it but only thing that would pop up was the battery sign for like 3 seconds and then it would go blank, wouldn't charge. I tried going into download mode and it did so I thought it was just the battery. I bought a battery wall charger and charged it. I then tried to boot the phone but same thing would happen. I tried going into download mode and all it shows is Low battery!! Can't download!! in red. When I plug the phone in to PC or wall, the battery sign pops up and shuts down. Any suggestions of what it could be? Bricked? Motherboard? Battery?
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It sounds like a problem that I had which ended up being a USB charging port and I was in a battery boot loop and also was not able to get into download mode.first I bought a USB jig which forces you into download mode and the USB charger port which got my phone out of that horrible battery boot loop. And with no experience at all I ended up changing the USB charger port its very easy just look up video on utube.I hope this helps you and here's so pics of the stuff I bought
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It could be the charging port, but I forgot to mention that I tried with a different battery after having it on a separate battery wall charger and it still gives me the same issue. Well actually now, the previous battery I had doesn't even let me go into download mode or shows any signs of power. The replacement battery that I am trying does show some sign of life by trying to go into download mode, but giving me the "Battery low!!, Can't Download".
cm_narimani said:
It could be the charging port, but I forgot to mention that I tried with a different battery after having it on a separate battery wall charger and it still gives me the same issue. Well actually now, the previous battery I had doesn't even let me go into download mode or shows any signs of power. The replacement battery that I am trying does show some sign of life by trying to go into download mode, but giving me the "Battery low!!, Can't Download".
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Like I said it sounds exactly what I was going through and it took 8 dollars to fix it so its worth it.http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=190757144194&index=1&nav=SEARCH&nid=91640319289
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I have fixed this issue by connecting 3AA batteries together on series and placing the positive from the first AA battery on the positive terminal of the phone battery and the negative of the last AA battery to the negative of the phone battery. You are basically charging your phone battery minus any safety precautions. Leave the AA batteries.connected.for about 5 minutes and you should be good to go. Reset battery statistics when the phone has booted and charged correctly.
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So I had an extra charging port and I switched them out and yet I have the same problem. I am going to try your way jmgelba, but I don't quite understand how you connected 3 AA batteries in a series and connected the positive of the first and negative of last battery to phone batter? Did you use wires? Do you have a image configuration to show me or a photo?
Thanks
I used soldered wires on the batteries which were in series, giving me 4.5v.
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first of all thank you to everyone who has replied.
So I bought a new battery and I believe the batteries that I tried were bad. So I tried flashing it back to stock ics with odin and all works fine, until it tells me "FAIL". I dunno why its not flashing back to stock. I managed to root the phone and it roots and reboots and shows the galaxy logo but then gets stuck. I left it for a while but nothing happened. I tried to flash back to stock once more and it got stuck on odin and I bricked the phone, luckily i had a unbrick usb jig and so I took out battery, plugged it in and it goes directly to download mode and says
"Product name: SGH-I777
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official"
So I don't know if that means the official ICS is installed or what. I try flashing it again but same thing happens and it fails. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You.
P.S I have been looking for Stock Gingerbread, maybe thats why its not flashing, but doubt it. Where can I get it?
Now it also gets stuck on Samsung Galaxy SII logo after reboot
cm_narimani said:
first of all thank you to everyone who has replied.
So I bought a new battery and I believe the batteries that I tried were bad. So I tried flashing it back to stock ics with odin and all works fine, until it tells me "FAIL". I dunno why its not flashing back to stock. I managed to root the phone and it roots and reboots and shows the galaxy logo but then gets stuck. I left it for a while but nothing happened. I tried to flash back to stock once more and it got stuck on odin and I bricked the phone, luckily i had a unbrick usb jig and so I took out battery, plugged it in and it goes directly to download mode and says
"Product name: SGH-I777
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official"
So I don't know if that means the official ICS is installed or what. I try flashing it again but same thing happens and it fails. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You.
P.S I have been looking for Stock Gingerbread, maybe thats why its not flashing, but doubt it. Where can I get it?
Now it also gets stuck on Samsung Galaxy SII logo after reboot
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Go to the download repository (link in my sig) and flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries. That's stock Gingerbread full install with all the files. You can use the one-click downloader, or use the tar.md5 file with Odin. Let us know if that gets you going.
@creepyncrawly
Thats funny cuz I just came back to reply that I found a solution at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18859438 which is your post and I just noticed that you had replied.
It did work and it is back to stock. Freaking tried everything and your solution worked.
Thank You
Easy Solution
A very Simple Solution:-
I have been seeing the same issue in my sgh-i777, and found an easy alternative.
you just cover the battery output points with a small piece of paper. and put it back in phone to get charge.
This way it will only charge; NOT start /try to start the phone and go into infinite loop of boot.
wait for 15-20 min, pull the paper pieces out and BINGO, your phone turn on!
yesterday the battery of my s3 was very low (around 2%) and i went to sleep without charging it. When i woke up after about 4 hours or so the phone was dead. I plugged it to wall charger but nothing changed i mean there was no battery sign or LED light. I thought the battery is completely drained so i left it there for about 15 min. When i checked again there was still nothing. I tried to turn in on but no response, unplugged the charger took out the battery then put it in , still no response. so i just left it there to charge for half about half an hour. Then i tried to turn it on again but still nothing. I tried recovery mode but no response. then i tried download mode and it did got to download mode. Now i thought it was OK so i restarted the phone but again it wont respond (Black Screen). I tried the download mode again(wall charger was plugged in the whole time). The phone did go to download mode but the screen started to Flicker and when i restarted it the boot screen(I-9300) turned up(still a little flickerish). and then it stuck there for a while. Then it went black. Again i left it to charge for about another half an hour. Now when i tried to turn it on, recovery mode or download mode Nothing happened, there was no response.
Then i started reading different threads on internet but couldnt seem to find anyone else with similar problem. Btw i checked the charger on Note and it was charging fine. then i tried to charge my s3 through laptop and the battery sign appeared and phone started to charge. I turned it after a while and it turned on Ok.
My phone is rooted , custom rom -Omega 39 with Custom Kernel Yank555 and Philz Recovery v4
Now my question is, Is there something wrong with my set? i mean the non responsive state and screen flickering. Should i get it checked or was it something that just sort of happens. Has anybody else faced a similar problem?. what can i do to avoid it in the future.
*Sorry for such a long post, its my first time. and i read about the S3 Sudden Death and now i am freaking out!..
genius5151 said:
yesterday the battery of my s3 was very low (around 2%) and i went to sleep without charging it. When i woke up after about 4 hours or so the phone was dead. I plugged it to wall charger but nothing changed i mean there was no battery sign or LED light. I thought the battery is completely drained so i left it there for about 15 min. When i checked again there was still nothing. I tried to turn in on but no response, unplugged the charger took out the battery then put it in , still no response. so i just left it there to charge for half about half an hour. Then i tried to turn it on again but still nothing. I tried recovery mode but no response. then i tried download mode and it did got to download mode. Now i thought it was OK so i restarted the phone but again it wont respond (Black Screen). I tried the download mode again(wall charger was plugged in the whole time). The phone did go to download mode but the screen started to Flicker and when i restarted it the boot screen(I-9300) turned up(still a little flickerish). and then it stuck there for a while. Then it went black. Again i left it to charge for about another half an hour. Now when i tried to turn it on, recovery mode or download mode Nothing happened, there was no response.
Then i started reading different threads on internet but couldnt seem to find anyone else with similar problem. Btw i checked the charger on Note and it was charging fine. then i tried to charge my s3 through laptop and it the battery sign appeared and phone started to charge. I turned it after a while and it turned on Ok.
My phone is rooted , custom rom -Omega 39 with Custom Kernel Yank555 and Philz Recovery v4
Now my question is, Is there something wrong with my set? i mean the non responsive state and screen flickering. Should i get it checked or was it something that just sort of happens. Has anybody else faced a similar problem?. what can i do to avoid it in the future
*Sorry for such a long post, its my first time.
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I know this sounds silly but its not in "hardsleep" as some people would call it, where the phone is idle for too long and basically shuts its self down? Or it could be the sudden death issue associated with the s3. This probably isn't much help but its a suggestion, I've never come across this before
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samkent6 said:
I know this sounds silly but its not in "hardsleep" as some people would call it, where the phone is idle for too long and basically shuts its self down? Or it could be the sudden death issue associated with the s3. This probably isn't much help but its a suggestion, I've never come across this before
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I certainly hope its not a sudden death issue..:crying:
Try a different charger and cable. The s3 ones are notoriously crap.
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Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.1c
corrsea said:
Try a different charger and cable. The s3 ones are notoriously crap.
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I disagree.... No trouble with my stock charger came with the phone...
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mustang2012 said:
I disagree.... No trouble with my stock charger came with the phone...
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It's been a known issue since the S3 was released. You've been lucky
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727540
[Q] Galaxy S3 charging problem?
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Try another battery first .
jje
Hi everyone
Last night before I slept, I charged my phone. After I woke up and unplugged the charger, my phone did restart by itself. Then it just turned off. When I tried to remove the battery off and put it back again, the phone tried to turn itself on but it stuck and vibrated like when it was being charged without the battery. I also try to put in the battery and charge but it was still the same (tried to turn on itself but fail). It is still the same again when I connect my phone to the computer. It just went like when I try to charge. Now when i put the battery back to the phone, it tries to turn on itself and then goes error.
The phone actually warned me about the damage before. My internet browser bounced off when I used it. Well, I actually remain 2 browsers because I can;t get the rid of the original one.
My issue is kind of stupid because i have searched similar threads on this forum but they are not like exact my issue, :crying::crying:
Is this a guessing game?
Ok, RR ROM using speedmod.
I9100.
How did I do?
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lnwkopy said:
Hi everyone
Last night before I slept, I charged my phone. After I woke up and unplugged the charger, my phone did restart by itself. Then it just turned off. When I tried to remove the battery off and put it back again, the phone tried to turn itself on but it stuck and vibrated like when it was being charged without the battery. I also try to put in the battery and charge but it was still the same (tried to turn on itself but fail). It is still the same again when I connect my phone to the computer. It just went like when I try to charge. Now when i put the battery back to the phone, it tries to turn on itself and then goes error.
The phone actually warned me about the damage before. My internet browser bounced off when I used it. Well, I actually remain 2 browsers because I can;t get the rid of the original one.
My issue is kind of stupid because i have searched similar threads on this forum but they are not like exact my issue, :crying::crying:
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When my galaxy player has the same symptoms, it means there is a kernel error, just reflash the stock firmware for your phone and go from there.
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Hi all
My phone was shutting off instantly without any reason for couple of days and then I would turn it on. My battery was also acting weird. Sometimes when I turn it on it was showing 30% battery while before it was at 70%. Today, it turned off and wouldn't turn on. I tried Vol Up/Down+HOME+Power button and Home+Power button but it wouldn't turn on or go into recovery/download mode. When I put it on charge, charge symbol shows for a second and then it would turn off and then again on and off and continues forever.
Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.
Either your battery is not accepting charge or is not getting any charge.
If you know someone else with an S2, ask to borrow their battery to find out whether your phone will boot.
I've a suspicion that you're going to have to replace either the battery or the USB charger port.....or maybe even both.
But the first thing to find out is if the phone boots with a 'known good' battery.
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
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Either your battery is not accepting charge or is not getting any charge.
If you know someone else with an S2, ask to borrow their battery to find out whether your phone will boot.
I've a suspicion that you're going to have to replace either the battery or the USB charger port.....or maybe even both.
But the first thing to find out is if the phone boots with a 'known good' battery.
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
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Thanks a lot buddy for your reply.
An hour ago I put the phone on charge for about 15 minutes and the battery charging symbol stabilized. Then I pressed Power button and phone booted and was working fine. Then just to check, I shut off and it won't start again and came back to the same old problem. I would definitely battery from same phone and will let you know about the updates.
Regards,
Its a very weird problem. I have put the battery of my brother's SGS2 in my phone and the problem is same. Then when I put my battery in my brother's mobile then that mobile shows the same problem. After switching batteries many time, my brother's SGS2 with its own battery would show the same problem. In other words that mobile was dead also. Then I plugged out the battery from the other mobile and left it out for some time and plugged in again and mobile was ok.
After that I didn't risk to switch batteries again. I have the feeling that problem is not at hardware end. For some reasons my mobile's software is corrupting batteries. I remember to have re-calibrated the battery couple of days ago with software named "battery recalibrate". I am lost at what the problem might be and what to do anymore.
Pls help.
Flash firmware with Odin that will rule out software problems. Flash say lsw and see if its the same.
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Flash firmware with Odin that will rule out software problems. Flash say lsw and see if its the same.
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But I am unable to go in recovery/download mode and can't boot the device. How can I install firmware with odin.
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But I am unable to go in recovery/download mode and can't boot the device. How can I install firmware with odin.
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Thought you got it to boot?
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Thought you got it to boot?
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Any idea/suggestion to boot the device.
Jig to force it to download mode
Just for the record. I discovered the solution to be ridiculously simple. Battery pins connection was loose and by just putting a foiled tissue paper at below corner of battery to strengthen connection of pins, all was back to normal. Ahh! it was such a relief.
Happy days glad you sorted it:thumbup: